Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation Partners With the Better Angels Key West Songwriters Festival

Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation Partners With the Better Angels Key West Songwriters Festival

First-Ever Charity Partnership for Songwriters Festival

Limited Edition CD to be Sold at Festival to Benefit Heart & Soul Foundation

14th Annual Event to Take Place April 28, 2009 to May 3, 2009

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to redefining and supporting music education, is pleased to announce its partnership with the Better Angels Key West Songwriters Festival, which will take place in Key West, Florida from April 28, 2009 through May 3, 2009. The 14th annual event, sponsored in-part by BMI and FURY Key West, will feature more than 130 performing songwriters in over 30 shows.

In connection with the festival, a limited edition CD will be sold to benefit the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation. The proceeds will be used by the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation to support educational programs and to foster opportunities for young, aspiring songwriters.

The limited edition CD is a collection of eclectic songs by multi-hit, performing songwriters. The CD features Desmond Myers and Kelsey Mula, alumni of Heart & Soul's Noise! Camp, which is an annual two-week summer camp held at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, that aims to give students a first-hand look into the music industry. The CD also features several current number-one hit singles including:

   --  Kylie Sackley and Gary Burr -- Nothin' Bout Love Makes Sense -- as       made famous by LeAnn Rimes;   --  Jamey Johnson -- In Color;   --  Tim Nichols -- That'd Be Alright -- as made famous by Alan Jackson;   --  Bob Dipiero -- Till You Love Me -- as made famous by Reba McEntire;       and    --  David Lee and David Turnbull -- Lucky Man -- as made famous by       Montgomery Gentry.   

Only 1,000 copies of the CD will be sold at the festival. The cost will be $20 per CD, while supplies last, and all proceeds will go towards the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation. Any remaining quantities of the CD will be available for purchase on the Heart & Soul Foundation's website, heart.muzak.com, beginning May 5, 2009.

"We are deeply honored to be the first-ever charity partner for the Better Angels Key West Songwriters Festival," said Bob Cauley, President of the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation. "This is a unique event that, like our limited edition CD, highlights the talents of songwriters. The CD, which will be available at the festival, features hit songs audiences know, sung by the songwriters themselves. We are excited to be working with Better Angels Music and to be a part of the Key West Songwriters Festival. Our foundation also looks forward to giving back to the Key West community with a surprise on the stage of the Big Show on Saturday night."

Stephen P. Villa, Chief Executive Officer of Muzak and member of the Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation Board of Directors, said, "The Key West Songwriters Festival is an opportunity for Muzak and our Heart & Soul Foundation to celebrate songwriters and their music. It is also the perfect venue to increase awareness about the importance of music education. In our 75th year of operation, Muzak is dedicated to continuing the success of the Heart & Soul Foundation in order to give back to the communities we serve and to advance the foundation's mission of redefining and supporting music education."

About Muzak Heart and Soul

Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to redefining and supporting music education. Heart and Soul helps students channel their passion for music into real world opportunities by providing educational programs on all aspects of the music business. Established in 1998 by Muzak, a leading provider of business, music, and other sensory branding services that believes in the power of music education to change and better lives, the foundation grants over $100,000 annually to school music programs around the country.

About Muzak

Muzak creates experiences that reach more than 100 million people daily. Some of the biggest brands in business work with Muzak to enhance their brand image. More than 80 core music programs and an endless variety of custom programs are distributed through a national network of sales and service locations, from Muzak's library of approximately 2.5 million tracks. For more information, visit www.muzak.com.

   Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation Media Contact:   Shauna Collins - Head of Sponsorship & Events   (803) 242-3129    Muzak Media Contact:   Bob Finigan - Vice President, Product and Marketing   (803) 396-3090  

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Source: Muzak Heart & Soul Foundation

CONTACT: Shauna Collins, Head of Sponsorship & Events, Muzak Heart &
Soul Foundation, +1-803-242-3129, or Bob Finigan, Vice President, Product and
Marketing, Muzak, +1-803-396-3090

Web Site: http://heart.muzak.com/

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